Casablanca Seawater Desalination
Seawater RO, 300 M m3/yr ultimate; phase 1 548,000 m3/day, rising to 822,000 m3/day in Morocco.
Under construction
The record
- Country
- Morocco
- Location
- Casablanca
- Coordinates
- 33.570, -7.590
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 300 M m3/yr ultimate; phase 1 548,000 m3/day, rising to 822,000 m3/day
- Capital cost
- US$690 million
- Stage
- Under construction
- Owner or client
- ONEE
- Contractor
- Acciona / Afriquia Gaz / Green of Africa
- Operator
- Al Baidaa Desalination Company (Acciona 50%, Green of Africa 45%, AfriquiaGaz 5%), 27 years
- Finance
- Project finance: FIEM/ICO, Société Générale, Attijariwafa Bank, BCP, Bank of Africa, CaixaBank, COFIDES
- Award or start year
- 2027
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2024-06
Construction launched on 10 June 2024 at Lamharza Essahel on a 50 hectare site
- 2025-05
Financing agreements signed on 8 May 2025 by Al Baidaa Desalination Company, MAD 6.5 billion
- 2026-07
ONEE energises a 400 kV line and 300 MVA substation on 19 July 2026 at MAD 486 million
- 2027-02
Phase 1 of 548,000 m3/day expected
Sources
5 references
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- ACCIONA, ACCIONA signs financing for Casablanca desalination plant (8 May 2025). acciona.com.
- Financing signed for 300 million m3 a year under a 27-year public-private partnership with ONEE, MAD 6.5 billion or about EUR 613 million, 80 per cent debt and 20 per cent equity from FIEM through ICO, Société Générale, Attijariwafa Bank, Banque Centrale Populaire, Bank of Africa, CaixaBank and COFIDES, sponsors ACCIONA 50 per cent, Green of Africa 45 per cent and AfriquiaGaz 5 per cent, powered by the 360 MW Bir Anzarane wind farm supplying 47 per cent of its output, 250 million m3 for drinking water and 50 million m3 for agriculture, completion 2028. Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in the United States, Crown Prince launches construction of Africa's largest seawater desalination plant. us.diplomatie.ma.
- Construction launched 10 June 2024 at Lamharza Essahel on a 50 hectare site in two phases, 548,000 m3/day rising to 822,000 m3/day.
- Le360, Casablanca's mega desalination plant connected to national power grid (20 July 2026). en.le360.ma.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
ONEE energised a 400 kV line and substation on 19 July 2026 at MAD 486 million, phase 1 of 548,000 m3/day expected February 2027 and 822,000 m3/day by mid-2028.